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Offline Dave W

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Great War Exhibition in NZ
« on: March 09, 2018, 07:20:54 PM »
Sir Peter Jackson's spectacular Great War Exhibition is being held at the war memorial museum in Wellington NZ where some prized artifacts from WW1 are on show.



This six inch gun is one field piece on show in a realistic diorama setting created by the award-winning Weta special effects people whose magic perfectly recreates the reality of WW1.






A 4.5 inch British howitzer on display





The ultimate 1:1 diorama scene of New Zealanders in a trench. The attention to detail is phenomenal.



More information about the exhibition can be found here:

https://www.greatwarexhibition.nz/

A highly recommended exhibition with much more to see than these sample photos from my recent visit.


Dave Wilson
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Re: Great War Exhibition in NZ
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2018, 09:15:08 PM »
Thanks for posting Dave.  Looks like a great collection.

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Re: Great War Exhibition in NZ
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2018, 12:17:22 AM »
Thank you for these awesome pictures of an obviously simply fantastic exhibition. Is ist possible to post more photos for us Europeans who cannot visit the exhibition easily?
Thank you a lot
Borsos
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Re: Great War Exhibition in NZ
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2018, 02:01:43 AM »
Spectacular images, it must be a great exibition. Thank you for posting.
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Re: Great War Exhibition in NZ
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2018, 09:27:47 AM »
More photos as requested








The exhibition features a spectacular 1/35th scale recreation of the battle of Chunuk Bair at Gallipoli featuring thousands of individually cast and hand painted 1/35th scale troops depicting NZ, British and Turkish forces,




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Re: Great War Exhibition in NZ
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2018, 09:30:31 AM »
Very nice!
Thank you.

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Re: Great War Exhibition in NZ
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2018, 02:59:38 PM »
Thank you very much again!
"Deux armées aux prises, c'est une grande armée qui se suicide."
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Re: Great War Exhibition in NZ
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2018, 12:28:42 AM »
that diorama looks quite something. if i can stop for a month or two buying WNW i may be able to stop by NZ and see all this...

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Re: Great War Exhibition in NZ
« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2018, 05:05:02 AM »
Great photos, thanks for sharing !

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